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- ElMina
The harbour - ElMina - three kilometers away, hosted what was apparently at one time a Phoenician town of which nothing now remains. ElMina is also known as the "City of Waves and Horizons".
- Families
A comprehensive repository of Tripolitan families and expatriates.
- Handicrafts
Tripoli has long been known for its sweets industry, olive oil-based soap production, and copper crafts.
- Index Tripolis
A project to provide bibliographic information about Tripoli, Lebanon.
- Kazdoura
A wander around inside Tripoli, Lebanon: A diary of humouristic series of walkabouts "kazdouras".
- Links
Useful links and telephone numbers in Tripoli, Lebanon.
- Maps
Terrain, street, satellite, touristic, urban growth, sailing, and historical maps and aerial imagery of Tripoli, Lebanon.
- News
Daily and weekly news from Tripoli, Lebanon.
- North Lebanon
A guide for towns and villages neighbouring Tripoli, Lebanon.
- Palm Islands
The Palm Islands Park is a unique and integrated natural marine basin in the eastern Mediterranean that was declared as a reserve in 1994.
- Panoramic Views
Interactive panoramic views of Tripoli, Lebanon.
- TeDS
The 'Tripoli e-Discussion Society' is an independently self-controlled body that aims at gathering Tripolitans residing all over the world to discuss issues pertaining to Tripoli, Lebanon.
- Today's Tripoli
Various present aspects of Tripoli, Lebanon
- Tripoli Radio
An Internet Radio that features original on-demand programs about various aspects of Tripoli, Lebanon.
- Tripoli TV
An Internet TV that brings you original on-demand films about various aspects of Tripoli, Lebanon.
Past
- History
A quick reference about Tripoli in the Prehistorical, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Crusade, Mameluke, and Ottoman periods.
- Monuments
The wealth of historical monuments make Tripoli the second largest preserved Mameluke city in the world.
- The Tripoli Quiz
An educational game to test your knowledge about Tripoli, Lebanon.
- Tourist Guide
A comprehensive tourist guide for sightseeing in Tripoli, Lebanon.
- Virtual Museum
A documented history of Tripoli from the 3rd to the 20th centuries with large collections of coins, garments, manuscripts, paintings, old photographs, and many other artifacts.
Languages
- Français
Bienvenue à Tripoli, Liban
- عربي
أهلاً بكم في طرابلس لبنان
- Ramadhan / رمضان
The Holy Month of Ramadhan in Tripoli / شهر رمضان المبارك في طرابلس
- عائلات
العائلات الطرابلسية
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| Quarters of the Old City |
Primary streets
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Bazarkan: cloth sellers
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Kindarjiyyin: shoe sellers
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Nahhaseen: coppersmiths
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Khayyatin: tailors
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Sagha: goldsmiths
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Nuri: named for the Nuri Hammam; includes the actual street of goldsmiths
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Aattarin: originally named for perfume sellers; actually a segment of Sagha
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Swayqah: food markets, east bank of river
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Suq AlQameh: food markets, east bank of river
Network of streets
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Rifa'iyyi: named for a family, primarily residential
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Bab Hadadin: named for a family or for formerly rssident blacksmiths. Primarily residential except for the part which is the southern continuation of Sagha
and Aattarin
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Ahwi Hitti: Hitti's coffehouse. Southern end of Sagha-'Aattarin-Bab Haddadin main street
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Rimani: mostly residential, but with some shoemakers, adjoining Kindarjiyyi
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Terbi'a: furniture makers and residential
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Hayy Nasara and Har Yehud: Christian and Jewish quarters. These names are going out of use and are being replaced either by Terbi'a or Shari'i
AlKanayes.
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Berket AlMallaha: salty pool.
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Suq AlHaraj: a single covered intersection of streets
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Bab Hadid: food stores and residential
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Tal'a AlZahir: residential, on slope below AlQubbah
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'Uqbi AlMufti: residential, on slope below AlQubbah
Old peripherals
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Mawlawiyyah: begins with houses near Bab Hadid and becomes a path between the citadel and the river, leading to the Tikkiyah of the Mawlawi dervishes.
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Bab AlRaml: includes large cemetery and used to be the main exit toward Beirut.
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Sahit Saraya 'Adimi: site of the 19th-century Saraya which was city hall, provincial capitol, and governor's residence and was, like its two successors,
built on the edge of the town; commercial and residential.
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Debbagha: tanners, area on the river downstream from main old settlement; commercial except for crowded tenements in Khan al-Aaskar.
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Bab AlTebbaneh: Hay gate, main exit to Syria; wholesale foodstuffs and some residential.
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| Qarters of the New City |
Primary Quarters
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Shari' AlTell: commercial and residential.
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Shari' Azmi Beik: residential and household commercial. Constructed in 1910.
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Shari' Latifi: residential and household commercial
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Shari' AlQubbah: residential and household commercial
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Shari' Zahriyyah: commercial and residential
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Shari' Abu Samra: residential and household commercial
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Hayy (or Shari') Mutran: residential and household commercial
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Hayy Ghuraba: commercial and residential, adjoining Zahriyyah
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Shari' AlMadares: residential and commercial
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Karm Qullah: residential and commercial
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Shari' Uqbi AlHamrawi: residential, adjoining Qubbah
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Shari' Dhahr AlMughr: residential, adjoining Qubbah
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Ba'l Saraqbi: residential, including bidonville
Primary Thoroughfares
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AlBulivar: the Boulevard
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Shari' Sentral: south of Tell
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Shari' Yazbeq: south from Tell
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Shari' ElMina (or Riadh AlSulh)
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Shari' AlAajam: between Yzbeq and Bab AlRaml
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Shari' Kenayyes: part of western border of Old City
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Shari' AlRahbat: part of western border of Old City
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Shari' Izedeen: spans from Tell to Sahit Saraya Adimi
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Shari' Jimmayzat: south of Riad al-Sulh
Primary Intersections
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Sahet AlKura: alias Husayni
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Sahet AlNejmeh: literally: Place d'Etoile; Officially: Sultan Mansour Qalawoon
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Sahet AlKiyali: adjoins Boulevard north of park
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Suq al-Khudra: part of Bab al-Tebbaneh
Peripherals
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Shari' Malluli: along road to Syria
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Shari' Khannaq Himaru: along old Beirut road, bidonville adjoins
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Shari' Mitayn: northern border of Shari' Azmi. Constructed in 1912.
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| New Town |
Primary quarters
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Fawq AlRih
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Hammam AlMaqlub
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Harat AlRamli
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Qabr AlZayni
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Abu Faraydu
Primary Thouroughfares
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Shari' AlMahatta: street connecting town with railroad station and new docks
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Squares
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Nour Square (Photograph is an old representation of the square)
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AlTell Square: This area has witnessed through history (Ottoman or French rule) several patriotic incidents. In a corner of the main area there is a buikding
where the French President Charle Degol used to stay in for the 3 years when he was a French military leader in Lebanon.
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AlNejmeh Square
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AlMalaab AlBaladi Square
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Saadoun Square
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Dennawi Square
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AlIman Square
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AlShahidein Square
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| Photo Album |
Tripoli as seen from Abou Samra.
On the way to ElMina (The Telephone Tower; right).
A scene from behind the citadel.
AlQobbah.
AlMansour Qalawoon (Nejmeh) Square.
AbdulHameed Karameh Square in the 1970s.
 
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